Life Cycle and Secondary Production of Mayflies and Stoneflies in a Karstic Spring in the West Carpathians

Bottová, Kvetoslava; Derka, Tomáš

doi:10.5735/086.050.0305

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“…Due to stable thermal conditions, the life cycle of B. rhodani, a species with a flexible life cycle (Clifford 1982, Bauernfeind andHumpesch 2001), was determined as polyvoltine, as the most commonly reported type of life cycle (e.g., Buffagni et al 2002, Erba et al 2003). Yet, our results are not in accordance with Bottová and Derka (2013) who determined its life cycle as univoltine. The biology and ecology of Rh.…”

Section: Life Cyclescontrasting

confidence: 99%

“…In the Bistrica River Spring, the species had a bivoltine life cycle, which corroborates the study of Bottová and Derka (2013) conducted in a karst spring in Slovakia. Due to stable thermal conditions, the life cycle of B. rhodani, a species with a flexible life cycle (Clifford 1982, Bauernfeind andHumpesch 2001), was determined as polyvoltine, as the most commonly reported type of life cycle (e.g., Buffagni et al 2002, Erba et al 2003).…”

Section: Life Cyclessupporting

confidence: 86%

“…With only three recorded species, this study confirmed low species richness of mayfly assemblages in spring habitats (e.g., Bauernfeind and Moog 2000, Bottová and Derka 2013, Vilenica et al 2014, 2016a, 2017a. Two of these species, Baetis alpinus and B. rhodani, are widely distributed in Europe, while the studied spring also contains Rhithrogena braaschi, which is restricted to the Balkan Peninsula Figure 6.…”

Section: Mayfly Assemblagessupporting

confidence: 80%

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Mayfly ecological traits in a European karst spring: species, microhabitats and life histories

Vilenica

Bilić²,

Stanković

et al. 2018

Community Ecology

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Despite the recent increase in the number of mayfly studies in karst freshwater habitats, their biology and ecology in springs are still poorly characterized. Therefore, we studied mayfly assemblages in a European karst rheocrene spring at five microhabitats monthly over a one-year period. Three species were recorded: Baetis alpinus (Pictet, 1843), Baetis rhodani (Pictet, 1843) and Rhithrogena braaschi (Jacob, 1974). The latter species represents a new record for the fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All three species inhabited all studied microhabitats but with varying abundance. Individual species were associated with a specific substrate type and/or water velocity and/or water depth. The grazer/scraper Rh. braaschi was most common at microhabitats with inorganic substrate (cobbles, mixture of pebbles and sand), moderate water velocity and higher water depth. The rheophilic grazer/scraper and gatherer/collector B. alpinus was most common at microhabitats with mosses and highest water velocity. The grazer/scraper and gatherer/collector B. rhodani was recorded at all microhabitats, yet due to its preference for moderate water velocity, the highest number of individuals were collected from cobbles. We recorded movements of mayfly nymphs among the available microhabitats during their life cycles, due likely to their dietary requirements and search for suitable refugia. Baetis alpinus has a bivoltine, B. rhodani polyvoltine and Rh. braaschi univoltine life cycle with a long emergence period. The results presented here contribute to the knowledge of spring and mayfly ecology. Abbreviations: HCA-Hierarchical cluster analysis, NMDS-Non-metric multidimensional scaling, UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean). Nomenclature: Bauernfeind and Soldán (2012). Mayfly ecological traits 249 their biota remain insufficiently investigated and a potential and interesting subject of research.

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Mayfly ecological traits in a European karst spring: species, microhabitats and life histories

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Stanković

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“…Some of these families are composed of eurythermal species, and some are also multivoltine (for instance, Baetidae), so their population size in summer use to be very high (e.g. Kukula 1997;Muñoz 2003;Bottov a & Derka 2013).…”

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Dynamics of the macroinvertebrate community and food web of a Mediterranean stream

Vannucchi

Peralta‐Maraver

Figueroa

et al. 2016

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

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Here, we analyse the annual dynamics in the diversity and the food web structure of the macroinvertebrate community in a Mediterranean permanent stream. Then, we also tested the validity of different proposed predictive models in their ability to fit our results. We calculated the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, the evenness, several food web properties and the proportion of functional feeding groups throughout the year. Our results showed a great variability of the studied parameters with time, mainly in terms of trophic relationships among macroinvertebrates. Diversity did not fluctuate substantially, but functional feeding groups did. In the same manner, complexity of the food web also varied substantially along the year. Comparisons with the considered models showed that, overall, none of the models predicted accurately the observed values. Nevertheless, within them, at least some estimated relatively realistic values, mainly when considering data monthly. From a functional point of view, collector-gatherers were the most abundant group throughout the sampling period except in autumn, when scrapers were also proportionally important. Predators were present during the entire period but with a low abundance. Thus, this study underlines the importance of considering not only static, but also dynamic data when studying food webs.

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Mayfly emergence along an oligotrophic Dinaric karst hydrosystem: spatial and temporal patterns, and species–environment relationship

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Life Cycle and Secondary Production of Mayflies and Stoneflies in a Karstic Spring in the West Carpathians

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Mayfly ecological traits in a European karst spring: species, microhabitats and life histories

Mayfly ecological traits in a European karst spring: species, microhabitats and life histories

Dynamics of the macroinvertebrate community and food web of a Mediterranean stream

Mayfly emergence along an oligotrophic Dinaric karst hydrosystem: spatial and temporal patterns, and species–environment relationship

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